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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-21
Personal,

BowEy.-Mr. W. L, Bowen, of New York
City, is in town.
ScuArrER.-Mr William Schaeier, OF Chi
sses, Is spending the week in Ottawa
SxIrH Lou. Smith is at work In the
ss6ee of the Appellate Clerk.
MvRpHY.-Mr. +. Murphy, of California,
4. the guest Of Mrs. C. Graham, Of the east
side.
BLoDoErr,-Mr. Jay Blodget, is home
from Kansas.
BRAproRp.-Mr. Charles Bradford is rath'
s seriously i'll.
uovEY-Mrs A. C. Hovey moved into the
A. Lockwood house last Wednesday. She
purchased the property recently.
Pom Mrs. Chas. Ford (nee Ida Strawn),
Of Chicago, Is in the city for few days,
McCLELLAN-Mrs, Geo. A. Mcclellan, OF
Chicago, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Lynch.
BAKER.-Rev. II. Baker is at home for a
short time on account Of the illness Of his
xife.
DAr.-Rev. Warren F. Day and W. b. Titus
~.d wife will attend the State Congregation.
al Convention next week at Springfield,
VAN DoREN.-Mr Milford Van DOren. Of
7As High School class Of 81, is very low.
Years are entertained for his recovery.
SIERRA. J. Sizer left last Monday for
@arysvlle, Montana, where he will stay all
sommer.
EoRroy.-Rev. Mr.. Norton, n former pas.
nr oS the South Ottawa Methodist church,
MAS in town this week.
MoRsE.-M. NJ. Morse, of Paw Paw, for
several seasons member Of the board Of
iudges at the Ottawa Driving Park meetings
sss been elected Secretary of the National
Trotting Association, at salary of $500.
livery horseman hereabouts, and every other
man who knows "Marve," will recognize
she fact that no better selection could have
been made lie will close out his Paw Paw
slsiness at once.
Dr. DR.. Ensign, of Rutland Village, In
aLis county, has been elected President of
The State Medical Society, at Chicago, Ill.
MEsp.-Mr, Merifeld, president of the
Mendoza Cottage Organ Company, has
purchased the residence of &. Shuler for
n consideration OF 800.
MLLEu-W. b. Miller, Of Sheridan, start
I'd west with party of land seekers on
Monday.
6rLBERr.-Miss Nette Gilbert o: Utica,
q visiting Miss Pope pm the West Side.
SMrH.-Mr. +. Smith of MENDOZA, a for
ner student in Judge Snyders office, is in
Ottawa this week the guest of Mr.. Bert
i"riin. Mr.. Smith seeks admission to the
Bar
GuEsrIN.-Miss Guertin is expected in
.own I'm day or two, and will be the guest
Of Mrs. Will Nash for few weeks.
HApEMAS Mrs. D. Hapeman has been
somewhat i'll for the last few days.
GAsH.-Mr. John F. Nash OF the First
National Bank of this city, spent most Of
.his week at Princeton, at the meeting OF
the Illinois Masonic Benevolent Society.
II which he was e ected a director for the
sfth term of three years. The confidence
snd esteem in which Mr. Nash IS held by
,his Society is shown by the quite remark
able fact shat Of the 1866 votes cast for
directors, NJ Nash received everyone The
Wasons Of Illinois apparently have not
saund out what "bold, bad man" Mr..
Sash had gotten to be Of late !!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-21

1t Is said that the Streator assessor has
connected scheme to bring out taxpayers
property by publishing the valuation Of II
as estimated by The person assessed. Is this
u scheme To "humble the pride" of the
man who passes for rich among his neigh,
bors? or Is II n scheme to make each lndi-
vidual taxpayers neighbor do the work of
the assessor by getting each man Ia town
to report to the assessor his neighbours prop.
ertyy Why wouldn't 1t be just rs well for
the assessor TO use some common sense, and
avoid the absurdity of assessing the per
sonal property of man known to be rich
and to live In a luxurious home at the same
price per article at which II Is assessed
when owned by street laborer. Is u
blooded horse with record In the 30's and
worth $4,000 In any market to he assessed
at the same valuation as a plug 20 years old
and worth rs many cents as the former Is
dollars Is Smiths gold-case Elgin of the
most expensive movement that would be
cheap at $50 to be listed at the same val
uatiOn placed on Jones's Waterbury worth
at retail $30a dozen? Et cetera al Ill., 1t |.
little breaks like this that make some mer
think that every assessor Is natural borr
idiot.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-21

W. G. DePsuw, the great plate glass
manufacturer of New Albany, Ind, whose
name has been repeatedly associated with
probable" glass enterprises In thiscounty
died some days ago, leaving an estate val
ued at FIVE million dollays. OF this amount
two,hirds are left to his family and the
balance TO charitable and educational insti.
buttons, a million and quarter going to
DePauw University at Terre Haute, Ind.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-21

knight, Eugene NJ. Pope, Frank b. Pease'
Edgar W. Pike, George Il. Schwartz, Perci'
val Steele, John Seirlen, Chicago; George
W. Young, George Lynn, Daniel MeElhern,
Coll MoNaughton, Joliet; Frank J. Foster,
clark l.. Riley, Elgin; William G. De Wolf,
Frank Smcdley, Belvidere Ralph Z. Eaton,
Frederick s. Smith, Mt. Carroll; Willis p.
Cleveland, Rockford; Thos. NJ. Clihe, Syca.
more; julius W. Dryenforth, Lake View;
Alonzo p. Goodyear, watseka; Frederick L,
Hoberg, Peru; s. A. Keenan,, Minonk; Edwin
J. Stason, Granl Ridge; L. 4, Smith, Men
dota; Albert S. j. Macruder.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-21

Mo'her-"Tommy, how are you coming
on at SCHOOL," Tommy-"First rate, ma"
Mention the names of some of the domes-
tic animals" "The horse, the dog, the
pig" Mention some more, Tommy
THE goose, the hen and the duck" Yes
was thinking of four,legged animals
What animal Is that which lives mostly In
the house, but which often makes dread
full noise 80 that people cannot Sleep y"
-Four legged ANIMAL Yes" Dom
let people sleeps' Yes Tommy (ui
umphantly)-"The piano."-7eras SIT
ings.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-21

The Northwestern Plow and Cultiyator
Association at their recent meeting In Chi.
cago adopted resolution looking to an In
crease Of prices. The resolution calls for
a scale of prices to be presented to meet
ing to be held in July next, so that next
years prices will probably go up,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-21

OPHIR, May 91.--The protracted dry
spell has paralyled the Oat crop to such an
extent that many of Our farmers are talking
of blowing them up preparatory to plant
ing corn in their place.
1t will be gratifying to the many friends
OF Mr.. Edward Brady to know that he Is
rapidly recovering from the severe attack
of erysipelas which has confined him to his
room for some time past.
Lots of our town folks were fishing al
Dayton the past week.
Our assessor Is abroad. Ho! for the
"dorgs," farmers.
Your correspondent and many others are
much pleased to see the smiling face OF
Campbell Joe around once more.
Mrs Fred Lawrence spent few days
the past week with her sister, Mrs. L. A
Smurr, of Ottawa
The foot of the band horn now relieves
the monotony of the quiet days.
The long drought came to an end last
Tuesday, and an abundance of rain has
now fallen, which has relieved the sus
pense of the farmers. L. u l.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-21

The county clerk has called the special
election for June l4th. The call for the
democratic convention will be found else
where. The republican convention is called
for June 3D.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-21

One very admirable feature OF the
knights OF Pythias ball last Monday week
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-21

OPHIR, May IL, lS81.-The only thing
one hears now is "oh, If 1t would only pour
down for "a hours" &c. Farm work foI
the past four or five weeks has been very
unpleasant owing TO the dust. Teams a
work by driving could not be seen, but only
hugh cloud of dust. Corn despite the
drought is coming very fast where 1t was
planted deep so that 1t got where the
ground was moist Wheat looks we'll and
Is doing we'll Oats on the best will hardly
be a half stand, and some fields will be
replanted in corn. Hay will be like oats
almost a total failure, unless rain should
soon help 1t out
DR.. HOutze, of Lincoln Neb., has hear
as pig as an OK, and 1t Is overlooking with
the milk Of human kindness. Last weeE
the DR.. sent choice box OF cigars Il
Homer with his compliments for his young
friends and they are numerous. Pedro go
one and the DR.. has my thanks They
were no cheap ones but a good, straigh
weed.
Andrew Wylie, former Ophirite, bu
now of Bro kville Saline Co, Kansas. II
there engaged In the real estate business
and Is doing big business. Several par
ties have purchased real eetate through An
drew and are we'll satisfied. Any one wish
ing TO buy had better write to Cable x wy
lie, as both are honest reliable men.
Sy. Porter, whose house burned down
few weeks ago, has received his none!
from the farmers.
One Of our barber shops has gone up th'
Spout, - tried to cut his throat and did no
succeed. He then tried IL drown himsel
10 duck pond, and that was HAT failure
The Iola register., 1887-12-23

jewelry, dry-goods and upholstery
stores Her temptations come through
her intense and overwhelming love for
the beautiful. Men say women do not
want to vote. The unwillingness Of
women to vote is generally because Of
the unwillingness of the mon Of their
households 20 have them vote.
In 1886. there were in the prisons Of
the United States $4,000, men and
5.005 women. The fact is there are
not many bad women. The bad
woman scare is senseless scare. Men
and women do not make two classes,
but one class If woman does not
have logic. she has something to make
up for that deficiency. she has intu-
ition. and one is as likely to come out
right us the other.
There is not question before the
people to-day tlfat has not a moral
basis. Only One-half the people-the
male half-is working at these prob
lens. Call in the other hall, the fe-
male half, and you have the whole of
humanity. If men have done grandly.
what will they not do with women to
help them? The whole is better than
the half. and there is the argument for
woman suffrage In nutshell
The Iola register., 1887-12-23
AMERICAN PICKLES.
They Are Fully Equal to the Imported
English Article.

They Arc Fully Equal to the Imported
Engiish Article.
The use of foreign pickles and sauces
in this country is very small now.
American products have taken their
place."
This was the reply of a wholesale
grocer to question from reporter.
The reporter then asked:
'.Has the fame of the foreign goods
died out?''
'.Not exactly; but the American
pickles are fully equal to them. and.
what is of more Importance to con-
sumers, they are much cheaper. You
will remember that at one time no
pickle was thought worth eating unless
it bore the stamp of a certain firm in
London. The same may be said of
sauces. But this is all changed. No
one thinks of asking for the London
concerns pickles now in any ordinary
grocery store, and if any one should it
would be almost impossible to get
them. The American bottled pickles
are from thirty-three to fifty per cent
cheaper to the jobbing trade. and there
fore can be sold ut lower price to the
consumer"
Where are the pickles prepared?"
They are grown and picked in this
State. At Montrose, N. Y. there is q
pickle factory nearly block in extent
They are put mp in quantities to suit
both family and hotel USE"
What about the sauces?"
1.-THE old English sauces are no
longer on the price-lists of large gro
Gerry stores, as better kind can be
supplied at forty to fifty per cont
cheaper. That the latter gives salts
faction is shown by the fact that it has
the foreign among tho
trade and jobbers. besides
which the old prejudice against any
thing American has died out. If the
article be equally good. and cab be
had cheaper. it will command the
trade y. Had and EzTsesx
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thin skirts of timber almost to the
bank of the stream. Long before we
reached it heard distinctly the heavy
putting Of q steamer.
By gum! she's go-un up to town,
too!' said Buck. well. they're
lible to all git there en- a p;ld some
time tonight"
AT that moment the moon, two days
past the full, and shining with that
growing brilliaNcy associated with its
vast apparent breadth when near the
horizon, where comparisons can be
made with the trim bolcs of trees
clearly outlined upon its huge disk.
threw sheet of white rays upon the
spot in tie river where the small
steamer. under an unusually powerful
machinery. was swimming like an
immense gray otter. throwing a great
triangle of waves from shore to shore,
and b!otting out the trail behind her
with a cloud of white smoke and
steam.
= = She's n go-un to land right up
h-yundef, Jim. Less hurry up. Eff
hain't mistaken that dod-burncd
pirate dance of the Oic mans ull haf
10 be put off,
Galloping swiftly on We presently
saw the steamer lying at the bank and
men running in and out carrying loads,
and almost as noiselcss rs so many fiG-
Urcs on q lighted curtain.
There We're wagons on the bank and
one just turning out of the "big-road,"
as we Sandtown people call public
and constantly used road. The driver
was hurrying his team to sharp trot
and behind him were half = dozen
armed horsemcn-thc moon glittcring
upon the barrels of their guns The
leader of these, turning out of the
''big-road" not more than sixty yards
from us. uttered an exclamation of i'm
patience Ia ferocious Srowl. 1t was
it could be none other than Bogus
Leafhcrwoodi
ride on to town. Jim, un put up
your hosst. Eve gut to tell the ole
man few thengs at he don't know
asow by n blame sight" And drawing
the bride reins smartly Buck darted
like an arrow in the line of direction
that would intercept this queer Bogus
Leatherwood, half way to the boat
The Iola register., 1887-12-23
WOMEN VOTERS INDICTED.

Ladies' Indicted for Voting at . School
MISUNDERSTANDING Litigation.
An interesting contest. says cor
respondent of the WomaWs Journal, is
taking place between the friends and
opponents of woman suffrage in Alle-
ghany County. N. Y. Mrs Lucy s.
Barber, mother and grandmother,
universally respected. voted year
ago at the general election. She was
indicted and brought before the grand
jury, who dismissed the case, finding
no cause of action against her. The
matter was considered settled. This
fall the village of Alfred Centre was
incorporated. Most of its women resi-.
dents are Taxpayers. They take part
in the school-meetings and two of the
school trustees are women, greatly tc
the advantage of the schools. Some Of
these ladies voted at the recent munic.
ipal election. There was but one ticket
presented. SO there was no contest.
Yet these ladies have been indicted and
brought to trial within few days by
the rum power of the county.
For fear that their cases, being local.
were not sufficiently strong. Mrs.
Barber's case has been. by chicanery,
again brought up and tried. 1t wa:
appealed. and it is to be made a test
case. Though a nominal defeat. it is
regarded by the ladies as triumph.
Several friendly lawyers counseleC
them to plead guilty. rs an easy way
to avoid discomfort. rs they were
promised that if they would do so il
should end the matter. Some of the
ladies were timid and dreaded a con.
test; but they refused to take this steI
backward and thus prove traitors to
their lifelong convictions. They each
and all stood firm and commanded the
respect even of the enemy. They Sc.
cured. through the advice and help OF
Mr.. Hamilton Wilcox. the legal serv.
ices of Frank Sullivan Smith. q young
lawyer of fine talents and culture. Al
first he was not quite sure Of the legal.
ity of this new departure. but he
worked with will. and has become an
earnest convert. He gave mastery
plea before the jury, with all the fire
of new convictions. He says he is
astOnished Mt what the law developed
on this point. He will prove a strong
ally to our growing cause.
The Iola register., 1887-12-23
WoMEN'S PROGRESS.

Superior Advantages Accorded to Women
To-Day ~ Compared with Those OF Half
= Century Ago.
1t is better to live fifty years now
than five hundred years at any previous
period. "When 1 was a young lady. :"
says Mrs. Livcrmore. ''nothing was
provided for girls in the way Of educa-
tion; no high schools were open to
them; the idea of a college had not
been mootcd; women and girls were
regarded rs intellectually inferior to
men and boys. Awoman did not even
own her own clothing. and ut her hus-
bands death she could not claim even
what she had spun and woven with
her own hands. if her husband had not
willed it TO her.
All that is changed; one hundred
and sixty colleges IN the United States
now admit women. She is entering
every department of business on an
equality with man; but this has not
been accomplished without herculean
work on the part of the pioneers of the
woman-suffrage movement, to whom
American women owe an incalculable
debt of gratitude. Only seven pro-
fessiOns were open to woman in 1910.
She was beaten back if she attempted
to enter any thing else. Now two
hundred and ninety professions are
open to women. Presidents of col
legcs, cashiers of banks. journalists,
are women. Threc-fifths of church
members are women. They organize
great missionary societies; by their
work. raise much of the money that
supports these societies. The women
of the Methodist church raise $500, 600
annually.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
women belong to the Women's Chris
tian temperance Union, and they say
that they can not do what they wish
until they get suffrage. Before the
labor question and the temperance
question are settled. the woman-suf-
frage question must be settled. for this
question underlies both labor and
temperance. We have nothing to fear
from the votes of foreign-born women.
We need not fear the votes of the bad
women. They are a very small
minority.
l have visited thirteen State prisons,
and the officers tell me that eight
tenths of the convicts have been
brought there through strong drink.
The temptations that assail women do
not assail men. and vice versa. The
temptations Of the women are the
The Iola register., 1887-12-23
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs. ZERELDA G. WALLACE is tc
spend some time with friends in Mich.
igan this winter.
NINE. JANAUsCHEK. having decided
to retire from the stage, will divide
her leisure time between literary work
AID public readings.
Miss MARY p. COLEMAN was elected
registrar of deeds in Clay County
KAN, and Miss Jessie Patterson regis
trar of deeds in Davis County, ut the
late election.
MISS KATHARINE lyman, a young
Irish poet of rising fame, has begun to
contribute prose articles to American
papers. Her poems are unusually
beautiful and some Of her friends pre-
dict that her prose will win equally
high praise. r
Mrs. MARY A. LIvERMORE maintains
in her own town a course of afternoon
lectures by good speakers. on topics of
general interest. The educational eff
feet is excellent. 1t would be well il
there were one such public-spirited
citizen in every town.
FRANCES WILLARD says: Il am more
than ever convinced that our women
ought to give legislatures no rest until
they make generous appropriations for
girls industrial schools. No other
single effort will do more to solve the
problem of social purity"
ELSIE p. BUCKINGHAM writes to the
New York Erening Post of what has
been done by women farmers in Cali
fornia. She knows of one woman
who, on ten acres Of land. supports a
family of five comfortably. with some
thing to spare. Another woman she
knows netted 81, GOO from four acres in
peach-trees in one season.
Mrs. HELEN JACKSON, N. H.. is
commemorated in a beautiful little
memorial volume by Frank S Thayer.
1t contains photographs of herself. her
house and her grave; brief bio
graphical sketch by Louis Swinburne,
of Colorado Springs. and description
of her burial-place, by Mary Simmons
Crawford. ,.,.
Rev. ANNIE H SHAW, National
superintendent of franchise for the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
used up three bolts of gold-coiored
ribbon in decorating delegates with
the ''sunflower badge" Of woman suf-
frage at the recent annual convention
in Nashville, Tenn. When the vote
was taken OH the resolution for munic-
ipal woman suffrage. only one voice
was raised against it.
LOUISA ALCOTT, in answer to re-
cent question about her method of
writing. says: Il have no special
methods. except to use the simplest
language. take everyday life and make
it interesting and try to make my
characters alive. take many heroes
and heroines from real life. rs much
truer than any can imagine" Thisi is
a good hint for many young authors
who have been bitten by the mania fog
.fine writing" ,. ..,
The Iola register., 1887-12-23
CHAPTER vi.


Even before had finished the short
half-hour's gallop that brought me to
the stable door at the back of the
leatherwood House. the moon had
disappeared under q great black cloud
that came up from the southeast
against growing wind from the op-
posite quarter.
Low and continuous muttcrings of
thunder with almost an uninterrupted
blaze of lightning foretold the rapid
approach of one of those sudden rain
storms so frequent at this time Of a
forward spring" But even the
threat of drenching rain blown by Il
furious wind could not deter the dane
ing population of Sandtown from
gathering in the long dining-room Of
the Leathcrwood House. The roof
was water-tight; the walls were strong
and safe; inside it was light. bright
and jolly! What did it matter what
was on the outside?
And although it seemed to matter
really nothing at ali to any other one
Of the hundred persons young and old
thatwere already laughing and chat
". fg and buzzing about all parts of
the house, it was equally evident that
it mattered very seriously to no less a
parsonage. in my admiring eyes, than
Buck Leatherwood.
That always naughty and at times
imperious young gentleman. having.
as is not infrequently the case in stern
looking people-a very equable. and
even companionable vein underlying
the surface rock of his harsh exterior
was in a tempest ofwrathful disgust at
Bogus Leatherwood.
"By gum! he's got to be mighty nigh
a plum eejut Gdiot) en- the last week"
Buck said to me, with rising indigna-
ton. as the burly form of the landlord
fairly danced through the wide entry
and up the box stairway, followed By
The Iola register., 1887-12-23

clashing in sort of chant or song in
an unknown tongue Spanish. the new
DR.. May authoritatively said it was).
made the most astonishing spectacle
that had as vet been seen III all Sand
town and its tributary regions. The
second great spectacle was. perhaps.
ut that very moment preparing for its
presentation. Bu. if so. the spectators
were as completely unprcpared for it
rs ever an audience was unprepared
for lenouement of the most startling
drama.
Pushing into the circle at last. 1
was astonished to see that whatever
this strange dance might be it was one
which all the participators in it had
practiced. But where? Impossible
that it could have been done in Sand
town without being known and even
supervised by the more enterprising
inhabitants. Then 1 thought of the
steamer that we had seen in the bend
of the river below the village. !
looked around for Buck. He was
not to be seen. Across the circle stood
Polly holding to the arm of Judge
Barks. She was far more richly
dressed than l had ever seen her. But
the dark. thin lace dress and the pale
yellow ribbons in her hair gave her a
wan and worn look. Judge Barks,
too. looked disturbed and anxious.
But Imust talk to somebody about this
odd masquerade of Bogus Leather
wood. And who could be more satis-
factory to me in a conversation of that
nature than his daughter. For there
had come into my mind growing
conviction that the man must be in
sane.
How quickly the memory can mar
shal innumerable circumstances in cor
rOboratiOn of the imputation of insan-
ity! The sudden change in the land
lords whole methods Of life within ths